Racial diversity in contemporary France : the case of colorblindness /

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This unique work reveals how the denial of race as a social category maintains and reproduces systematic racism in contemporary France. Léonard offers an in-depth analysis of contentious issues in society, revealing how color-blind racism is at the centre of social inequality in France.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Léonard, Marie des Neiges (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK Bristol University Press, 2022.
Colección:Sociology of diversity.
Temas:
Racism > France.
Equality > France.
Post-racialism > France.
Racisme > France.
Société postraciale > France.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
Equality
Post-racialism
Race relations
Racism
France > Race relations.
France
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Series
  • Racial Diversity in Contemporary France: The Case of Colorblindness
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • Series Editor Preface
  • List of tables
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • The premise of the debate: colorblind and post-racial
  • Book structure
  • 2 Race and Racism: Framing the Debate
  • Race: some definitions
  • Conceptualizing racism
  • The history of race and racism in France
  • Debates and controversies
  • Theoretical frames and methodologies
  • White racial framing
  • White racial hegemony
  • Colorblind racism
  • The theory of racial ignorance
  • Social construction
  • Methodologies
  • Conclusion
  • 3 The French Model of Integration and Colorblind Racism
  • Clarification and caveat
  • Contemporary demography of France
  • Current French laws on discrimination and diversity
  • Discrimination patterns in contemporary France
  • Public surveys (INSEE)
  • Testing
  • Studies based on first and last names
  • Employment discrimination
  • Education discrimination
  • Residential segregation
  • Race and policing
  • Health disparities
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Counting Racial Diversity: Naming and Numbering
  • Collecting data: methods and contradictions
  • Overview
  • Contemporary context
  • France's blind spot: the grammar of colorblindness
  • The racialist frame: the specter of France's past
  • The universalist frame
  • The national identity frame
  • Comparative case studies in Europe
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Rioting the Residences and Reclaiming the Republic
  • Political rhetoric
  • Chronology of events: how the house burned down
  • The grammar of the White racial frame
  • Kärcher and racaille
  • The riots and the rioters as criminal
  • The state of emergency and colonial legacy
  • Cultural racism as colorblind racism
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Islam and the Republic
  • Muslims in France or French Muslims?
  • Muslims and Islam
  • The religion versus laïcité frame
  • The headscarf and burkini affairs
  • The religion versus universalist feminism frame
  • The religion and republican free speech frame
  • Islam and secularism in Europe
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Rethinking Integration and Racial Identity: Beyond the French Exception
  • A post-racial world?
  • Chapter summary
  • Main findings
  • Conclusion
  • Policy recommendations
  • Glossary

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